The Changing Winds of Tourism in Kagbeni, Nepal

This is Kagbeni. This is the village of approximately 300 people where I have decided to live for a month this summer, doing research for my senior thesis and teaching English to 63 monks between the ages of 5 and 18. Kagbeni is situated at a narrow part of the Kali Gandaki Gorge – the deepest gorge in the world – and thus has historically been a stopping point for trade moving back and forth between India and China. At the convergence of two rivers, the town gets its name. Kag, literally meaning “stopping point” and beni, being where two rivers come together.
Looking down on Kagbeni from the south, you can see the yellow fields of barley are almost ready for harvest.

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You’re Studying What?

Over the 2018-2019 school year, I will be researching and writing a thesis in Anthropology and Religion at the University of Vermont. My work is focused on the relationships between identity and place, and I will be using sound as a lens through which we can experience these relationships.

Here, I plan on talking about my thoughts and feelings regarding the process of writing a thesis. This is basically a way for me to decompress about things, and maybe help someone else in a similar position in the future.

Listening to the sounds of the forest in Costa Rica

Mustang, Nepal, 2016